WEYERHAEUSER v. HOYT (1911)
WEYERHAEUSER v. HOYT |
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Term: 1910 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 27, 1910 |
Decided: February 20, 1911 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Oliver Wendell Holmes • Charles Evans Hughes • Joseph Rucker Lamar • Horace Harmon Lurton • Joseph McKenna • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
William Rufus Day • John Marshall Harlan |
WEYERHAEUSER v. HOYT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1911. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1910.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of transportation regulation: railroad
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 219 U.S. 380
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Edward Douglass White
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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